Mikau: Hello! I have musical rehearsal right after school, and then I have to go directly to my Karate class…I'm going to be super busy today…
Disclaimer: I don't own Shaman King.
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A Walk To Clear Thoughts
My eyes slowly crept open, but my vision was still blurred. I blinked several times until I could see clearly. I was in my room lying on my bed, and I had the worst headache. "Like…what happened?" I asked no one in particular. Then all at once my memory came back to me. 'That stupid sister of mine!'
'Thorn had shocked me unconscious when I had tried to...damn her!' I flung open my closet doors and pulled out a black leather mini skirt and a bright blue crop top. I quickly changed clothes and hastily, but fashionably, made my way downstairs.
I was about to exit the building completely, but a wall of flames shot up out of the ground and blocked my path. "Hoshi."
I turned to face my father, expecting an enraged look of righteous fury to be embedded in his very pores, but he didn't look angry at all. Actually, he looked a bit upset. "Can we talk?"
"About what!" I spat back at him through gritted teeth.
"What's the matter?" Hao took a hesitant step forward, not exactly sure how to handle the situation.
"Oh, so now you care! Are you finally trying to be my father! I'll tell you what's wrong, I don't want or need a mother. I had a mother, but then before I could even practically meet her so I could remember her, she left! It's all your fault Hao Asakura! Now if you excuse me, I'm going to the graveyard!" I turned on my heel and tried to get out the flaming door. Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do to get past the fiery death trap.
"Hoshi…Look, I'm just dating her. Honestly, I'm not trying to replace Ivy; I'm just—"
"—Oh go drink yourself to death!" The flames in front of me suddenly died. I gave a short, startled gasp, and looked back again at my father.
"Goodbye Hoshi; make sure you don't come home too late tonight." Hao turned his back to me and slunk off into the kitchen.
I was too stunned to say anything in response. 'Wow…talk about mood swings…' I ignored my father's odd behavior and stormed out of the house and all the way to Karasumori graveyard.
I hopped the gate, paying no mind to the 'KEEP OUT' signs, and climbed the many stairs to my favorite part of the cemetery: The little island across from the bridge by the shrine. I loved going out to where Amidamaru's grave was and sitting under the tree. There was another grave on the opposite side of the tree from Amidamaru, and I always kept it supplied with endless amounts of roses. Only a few other people visited the grave since the ghost had already moved on, but even without its owner, that spot in the graveyard was my absolute favorite in the entire world.
The headstone was so beautiful, a plain, white marble cross, encircled with ivy cut in stone. The red of the roses I brought stood out stunningly against the white rock. Sometimes there would be a few other types of flowers left behind at the grave from the mysterious, long crimson-brown haired, young man who visited frequently to confess his undying love for the woman buried below.
I came to the top of the hill to think and sort things out. Whenever I needed to be alone, I came to talk to the cold, stone marble of the grave. I took a seat next to the head stone and stared off into the distance. "Hello there. It's me, Hoshi again. I know you can't hear a word that I'm saying since you already made your way to Heaven, but I feel that I have to speak out loud anyway." I paused as if waiting for a response.
"Well, since you asked, today I wanted to talk about my family. I don't even know where to begin. I suppose the beginning would be a choice place, but I'm not even sure where that is…I guess with my dad…You know Hao Asakura, right?" It took me a minute to realize how stupid my question sounded.
"Sorry; what was I thinking? Everyone knows Hao Asakura, and I'd expect that you especially would…Sorry about the babbling; I'll try and get to the point. My father has been doing this for as long as I can remember, but it never really bothered me when I was younger. I didn't understand what he was doing with all those women until I was about twelve. Then I realized how much he was drinking. At about thirteen years of age I had a grown woman's knowledge about the world, and at fourteen I got involved with men. Any man as long as he paid well. I messed up my life as bad as my father's. He tried to stop me, but by that time I was too far gone."
My fingers unconsciously traced the lettering on the headstone: 'December 25th' "Hao instead tried to protect Thorn, but he went too far with her, and she ended up too sheltered. Hao saw how his actions had affected me, but he didn't stop. It was almost as if he didn't care; he gave up so easily on me…Now, it really makes me angry that he's starting to date again. I saw them together at he Masquerade…both drunk and hanging on each other. I don't like her at all, and will never accept her as my mother! Valerie…even her name sounds so sluty!"
"Valerie Asakura…" I cringed at the new name. "He just can't marry her! I had a mother, and just because she's not with us at the moment doesn't mean that he can just replace her! I feel pretty badly for yelling at him the way I did, but he can't do this to me! Thorn seems really happy to have Valerie as a mom, but that's only because Thorn hated our mother from the start. Now my sister is practically in love with this 'Valerie' woman. I bet that isn't even her real name!"
"Actually, I really do feel bad for yelling at dad and trying to kill him…I didn't mean it…I was just so angry that he could betray my mother like that. I'm sure he'll be fine though…he always is. I'm going to go get lunch or something, so I guess I'll see you later. Thanks for listening as always." I looked lovingly down at the grave one last time before retreating to a nearby bakery.
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Mikau: Yes, I know that this is pathetically short, but that's all the content that was necessary for this short little Hoshi chapter. As you can see I've had her drop the 'like' speech pattern when she speaks her mind. Don't you just love people who pretend to be stupid, but are actually quite the opposite? Anyway, I just wanted to make a comment about the SK manga if any of you read it: I like the Hao from the manga much better than the Hao from the anime. The manga Hao is more like the Hao from my fanfics. He's much funnier and just all around more likable than the jerky anime Hao. I was really disappointed with the SK manga ending though. It kind of just stopped. I'm sorry, I'm babbling now. I really must go, so I shall see you all later!
Thanks To: ChibiAnz3, Andrea Nefisto, DarkPisces33, KaZuYa MiNeKuRa, glitter galz, and MaiValentinefan.
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